The Boston Girl

I am enjoying this book despite some of the negative reviews it got on Amazon. I guess I just like the way Anita Diamant writes, as The Red Tent is one of my favorites. It was fascinating to me getting inside the heads of the biblical women in that work of historical fiction. The Boston Girl features the life of an immigrant girl in early 1900's Boston as remembered and recounted to her granddaughter.

I wish I could've finished reading this book before my two-week, nonrenewable CLAMS expired!

So, I waited in line again at CLAMS (63 out of 21 copies) to finish reading the last 20% of this book. Despite the two week hiatus, my reentry into the story was easy and I quickly gobbled up the rest of the book. I still enjoyed reading about Addie's life even though I felt like the ending was a little rushed. The huge jump from 1931 to 1985 seemed awkward, and the details were not as satisfying as those in the earlier part of the book. All in all, an engaging read.